Are patients traveling further?

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 203-221

  White, William D ^a   Morrisey, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Market definition; Patient travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000169772     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571519884512     Document Type: Article

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